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G. H. DUFOUR.

FEEDING DEVICE FOR PRESSES.

A'PPLICATION FILED MAY! 1919.

i1 3 13,474. Patented Aug/19, 1919.

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-. "i i the face against the stop 5, the carrier can be guided to arresting position, which is The carrier is providedwith a second face 3 which cooperates with a stop 6, similarly .ZLClJIiSt/ LblQ by mounting itu.pon .a slotted rule-arm 6* secured by wing nut 6 said second face 3, when the arrest1ngfaces3, 4, are

"coacting with the stop 5, extending: in a direction transverse to thefeed, and thereby serving.- tojaccurately determine the angular position ofthe carrierand insure proper relation between the ,cardand the printing The clips 2?, with positioning edges '2,

2,-' are repeated at; several different radial positions upon the carrier 1, preferably at 90 f :apa t,i as alsol are thefaces 3 and, 4;, In

connection with each face is anarresting ft; proper y: f s c t th e ith hen v i reaches-the stops. in thi[w1ay, .the]carrierlis adapted -to i'eceive a plurality of cards at different positions upon its perimeter, so that by rotating the carrier, each card ;may vbe s u ccessiyely presented to, the printing operationj'it being merely necessarylto; with; draw the earrierfrom-the stops, rotate it to present anew card tofeeding position, and then slide it inward with the feeding movement until it is positioned by the combined action, of. the arresting and justifying stops.

1 To facilitate rotationof the carrier.1 ,itis preferably provided :on its under side with a bearingstud orirotating center 7 and upon its upper side with a' stem 8. It maygalso be provided withfrictiondncreasing means, such, for instance, as perforations ;9, so .that while being grasped by theufinger:- and thumb, thev other fingers may rest lpon its surface to assist in controlling its movement. Turning. bearing 7 raises the carrier. .somewhat from the platen'upon which it rests, and dapts it to rock upon said, bearing, and depress, upon the platen, :the card that is, for the time being, in the printing position, at the same time raising from the platen the card holders that are away tfrom; printmg position, thereby facilitating the introduction and removal of cards from the latter card holders- In this way, the work is greatly facilitated, particularly when the .operativehastassistants to introduce and -.remove cards' from the carrier, andthe operative who is performing the mechanical part of the work,jwhich readily soils the fingers, need not handle the cards at all. Obviously, a plurality of carriers might be employed, to

be loaded and delivered in succession to the pressman, and each being removed and replaced b another as soon as the four impressions have been developed.

\ lVhilethe invention is illustrated particularly in""'connection with the printing of cards, 1t is to be understood that a carrier may be adapted, by dimensions orotherwise, to the handling vof larger sheets of paper or other objects to be printed upon. It might also, with slight modifications,zb e adapted 'to hold other articles. to 'beoperated upon, as, for instance,-in carrying on punching, operationsin objects of either paper, metal, or

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- Theiternifcardias used herein is to be understood as designating :any obj ect, of paper or other material, and of any size which .it may? be desirable to introduce to, a ,,press through means of k the. Qarnierr; herein .described. Also; the broader. ,aspect .of the invention, the reference; to r varrestingi, and justifying fa S;; itQbQ n pneted'as-ind eatingany faces so relatedthatgwhen encount r g a s p 17 smps yr llin ths i s ngtm v enm d; te minet h n lar adjustment ofthe carrier relative tonthe printing line; f Tllhus; justifying face 5, re.- =garded,.-fo r-g this part of its function, may act as such.- awhen occupying. some position other,v ,thamthat on the oppositeside, from the-arresting faces, ,of the ;card holder that is for the time; being in feeding position. v .,je'I elahnzw- -fi a t.' a l. .Afeedingdevice for presses comprising a carrierfree fori-manipulation in the feeding direction and free to shiftits position .inresponse to arresting means; saidcarrier having a card holder and arresting faces related theretoiadapted to cooperate with arresting means-onia press and thereby determinetthe-irelation to the printing linekof a card inserted-tin theaholdera ,1";

:2. .A feeding devicelfor pressesicomprising a;carrier free for manipulation in the feeding direction and free to shift its position in response to; arresting means; said carrier having a card holder and arresting and justi -tying; faces ,related 7 thereto. adapted, irespeotively, to cooperate with stops-on -a press and thereby determine; I the relation 2 to the printing line ofJa-card tobe inserted in the holder. T

3. Afeeding-device for presses comprising athin plate-like carrier adapted \to'lie'upon the-platen of-a press with freedomto respond to -1nanipulation thereover andjshift angularly-thereon in coacting ,with positioningimeans; said carrier having a card holder and faces-definitely related thereto throughwhichwto position the carrier relatively to a rinting line. a I v 4. A fee ing device for presses comprising a carrier free for manipulation upon the platenof the pressand having a turning bearin'garpeit which itca-n' shift its pcsitien angularl n' thereon? said carrier probearing upen wlficlrit caaish ift i'ts pcsitlcn angularly thereon; said carrier being pro vided with a card holder and with arresting and justifying faces adapted tocooperate with stops for the purpose of arresting thecarrier at the printing position and justifying its relation to the printing line; said carrier being adapted to tip upon said turning bearing and depress its card holder to bring a card therein upon the sustaining surface of the press.

6. A feeding device for presses comprising a carrier free for manipulation upon the platen of the press; said carrier being provided with a turning bearing upon which it is adapted to shift its position angularly upon the press, and with a plurality of card holders adapted to be presented successively to printing position by such angular shifting; said carrier being also provided with arresting and justifying faces adapted to cooperate with stops upon the press to locate the card holder at the printing position and justify it relatively to the printing line.

7. A feeding device for presses comprising a carrier free for manipulation upon the platen of the press; said carrier being provided with a turning bearing upon which it is adapted to shift its position angularly upon the press, and with a plurality of card holders adapted to be presented successively to printing position with arresting and justifying faces adapted to cooperate with stops upon the press to locate the card holder at the printing position and justify it relatively to the printing line; said carrier be ing also adapted to tip upon its turning bearing and by said tipping to depress a card holder at the printing position to bring its card upon the sustaining surface of the press and simultaneously raise other card holders from the surface of the press to facilitate introduction and removal of cards.

8. A feeding device for presses comprising a carrier free for manipulation upon the platen of the press; said carrier being provided with a turning bearing upon which it is adapted to shift its position angularly upon the press, and with a plurality of card holders adapted to be presented successively to printing position by such angular shifting; said carrier being also provided with arresting and ustifying faces adapted to cooperate with stops upon the press to locate the card holder at the printing posi- 'tf naand 'justify iwelatively to that prim ingij lirm tlre iarrestingrand justifying I faces rowach" emigrants. being 'lccateaz on o}!- ing a, "carri'erafrees fora manipulation .upon

the press'and forirotation'ithcreon sa:i.d :car- "hlaiving: arplaralityv of: card: holders adaptdztdebe prsen ted to feedingposition by rotation of the card holder, and having npcn one siae of-eaclrcarrt heHen a pair ofin'bersecting faces for arresting the carrier, and upon the other side thereof a justifying face.

10. A feeding device for presses comprising a carrier free for manipulation upon the press and for rotation thereon; said carrier having a plurality of card holders adapted to be presented to feeding position by rotation of the card holder, and having upon one side of each card holder a pair of intersecting faces for arresting the carrier, and upon the other side thereof a justifying face; one of the arresting faces for a card holder constituting the justifying face for an adjacent card holder.

11. A feeding device for presses comprising a carrier free for manipulation upon the press and for rotation thereon; said carrier having a plurality of card holders adapted to be presented to feeding position by rotation of the card holder, and having upon one side of each card holder a pair of intersecting faces for arresting the carrier, and upon the other side thereof a justifying face; one of the intersecting arresting faces extending substantially in the line of feeding movement, and the justifying face extending at a substantial angle to the direction of feeding movement.

12. A feeding device for presses comprising a carrier having a plurality of card holders arranged thereon in different radial positions at substantially 90 apart; said car rier being rotatable to present said card holders successively to a printing position and having for each card holder arresting and justifying faces, of which the former comprise each a face extending parallel-to the radius of position of the card holder together with a face intersecting the same, and the latter comprises each a face perpendicular to the radius of position of the card holder.

13. In a feeding device for presses, a rotatable carrier having a plurality of card holders arranged in different radial positions thereon, each card holder having two edges adapted to receive the edges of a card and determine its position relatively to the card holder, and said carrier having in relation to each card holder arresting and justifying faces adapted to cooperate with stops upon a press.

14. In a press, the combination of a bed,

arresting and us'tifying sto'ps f carried L by the press, and a carrier having a -card holder with arresting andujn-stifying faces related thereto, adapted to coperate withthe stops upon the press.

15. In a press the combination .of a bed, arresting and justifying stops carried-by the press, and a carrier having a card holder with arresting and j ustifying faces related thereito;r.adapted iio' eoiiperate with the stops upon 10 the press; said smp's,eempnising abutting ;n1embers,- s'lottedrule-arms, carrying said :members, {and securing means eoiigerating w ththerslots-of said armsnto adqustably secure them:

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